Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Friday, July 18, 2025 at 7:56:29 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the > Malayalam name and its English spelling. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English >> names are correct. >> Regards, Sam. >> >> On Fri, 18 Jul, 2025, 12:38 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Ruellia prostrata* Poir. >>> [image: Ruellia prostrata Poir.] >>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148890315> >>> >>> *roo-EL-ee-uh* -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's >>> Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Ruellia> >>> *prost-RAY-tuh* -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=prostrata> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia • >>> *Bengali*: ধমনী dhamani • *Dogri*: वन बसूटी van basuti • *Gujarati*: >>> ઢોકળી dhokali, કાળી ધામણ kali dhaman, કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani • *Hindi*: >>> धामिन dhamin • *Kannada*: ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu • *Malayalam*: >>> ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali • *Marathi*: भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel, काळी धावणी kali >>> dhawani • *Rajasthani*: काली घावणी kali ghavani • *Tamil*: போட்டகாஞ்சி >>> pottakanchi • *Telugu*: మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela >>> neelaambaramu >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Ruellia prostrata* Poir. ... *homotypic synonyms*: >>> *Dipteracanthus >>> prostratus* (Poir.) Nees • *Ruellia patula* var. *prostrata*(Poir.) >>> Chiov. ... *accepted infraspecifics*: *Ruellia prostrata* var. >>> *prostrata* ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Ruellia deccanensis* J.Graham >>> • *Ruellia pallida* Willd. ex Nees • *Ruellia prostrata* var. *dejecta* >>> (Nees) C.B.Clarke • *Ruellia ringens* Roxb. ... and more at POWO >>> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 16 July 2025 >>> Bibliography / etymology >>> Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid >>> permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise >>> their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites >>> may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of >>> India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> >>> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just >>> enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best >>> prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu >>> amplo*. >>> ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ >>> written and spoken widely, in most parts of India >>> *bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia* >>> >>> - Flowers of India >>> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bell%20Weed.html>, >>> retrieved July 16, 2025 >>> >>> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >>> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *ধমনী dhamani* >>> >>> - Das, Chandan & Mondal, Swarnendu & Basu, Moumita & Biswas, Irani & >>> Chattopadhyay, Pritam & Mukhopadhyay, Sunita. (2024). EX-SITU >>> CONSERVATION OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS IN M.U.C. WOMEN’S COLLEGE, >>> PURBA-BARDHAMAN WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR THREAT STATUS. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387368473> 9. 28-43. >>> >>> ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... >>> spoken by the Dogras >>> *वन बसूटी van basuti* >>> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Many thanks to OM >>> Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=416847635009141&set=a.416845261676045> >>> >>> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & >>> Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* >>> *ઢોકળી dhokali, કાળી ધામણ kali dhaman * >>> >>> - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> >>> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) >>> >>> *કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani* >>> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... The Useful Plants >>> of India >>> >>> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n189/mode/2up?q=Ruellia&view=theater>, >>> >>> Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR >>> >>> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar >>> Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya >>> Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* >>> *धामिन dhamin* >>> >>> - Singh, Arvind. (2015). Observations on the Wild Medicinal Flora of >>> Banaras Hindu University Main Campus, India. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278330147> Int. J. Modern >>> Biol. Med. 2015, 6(1): 1-21 >>> >>> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* >>> *ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu* >>> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS >>> Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> >>> - ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ >>> <https://padakanaja.karnataka.gov.in/> ... Padakanaja - Official >>> website of Government of Karnataka >>> - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus >>> >>> <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8+%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81> >>> >>> created by V. Krishna >>> >>> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >>> *ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali* >>> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS >>> Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> >>> >>> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, >>> Karnataka >>> *भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel* >>> >>> - Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name ... >>> efloraofindia >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/WIGDt2a0v1s/m/unkeFJXRzlAJ> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Mr. Akash Shivaji >>> Hire,Mr. Kunal Bharat Khairnar, "INTRODUCTORY PLANTS CHECKLIST OF >>> DHULE TEHSIL, MAHARASHTRA. >>> <https://ijcrt.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJCRT2201241>", International >>> Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882, >>> Volume.10, >>> Issue 1, pp.c82-c93, January 2022. >>> >>> *काळी धावणी kali dhawani* >>> >>> - Rizwan Younus Khan, N. J. M. Reddy, Mulani R. M., Vijigiri Dinesh, >>> Abrar Baig and Jadhav Arunkumar H. - Campus Flora of Shri Shivaji >>> College, Kandhar, District Nanded, Maharashtra. >>> >>> <https://thinkindiaquarterly.org/index.php/think-india/article/view/17547/12562> >>> >>> - Think India Journal, Vol-22, Special Issue-31 >>> >>> ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* >>> *काली घावणी kali ghavani* >>> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Jain, S & Jain, R >>> & Singh, R. (2009). Ethnobotanical Survey of Sariska and Siliserh >>> Regions from Alwar District of Rajasthan, India. >>> >>> <https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1338&context=ebl> >>> Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 171-88. >>> >>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi* >>> >>> - Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... >>> efloraofindia >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/gf85NKRfUPQ/m/Xs5guAhjAQAJ> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS >>> Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... The Useful Plants >>> of India >>> >>> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n189/mode/2up?q=Ruellia&view=theater>, >>> >>> Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR >>> >>> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >>> *Telangana*, Puducherry >>> *మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu* >>> >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... Flora Andhrika >>> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Dipteracanthus+prostratus> >>> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >>> - for *Dipteracanthus prostratus* (Poir.) Nees ... FRLHT's ENVIS >>> Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/5158/0f8e607137baea1096439a99703733ff> >>> >>> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >>> Andhra Pradesh, ***Goa, ***Haryana, ***Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & >>> Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, ***Odisha, ***Punjab, >>> Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, ***Uttarakhand, West Bengal >>> >>> - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist >>> and Distribution of the World Flora. >>> >>> <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> >>> Version 25.07; last update July 5th, 2025. Last accessed 16/07/2025 >>> (dd/mm/yyyy). >>> - Goa :: Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India >>> >>> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> >>> >>> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak >>> - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... >>> महाराष्ट्रातील >>> वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा >>> >>> <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> >>> [accessed >>> on: 28 Apr 2014] >>> - Odisha :: S.P. Panda - AN ENUMERATION OF ANGIOSPERMS IN AND AROUND >>> THE TAMPARA LAKE OF GANJAM DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA >>> >>> <https://www.plantarchives.org/article/296-%20An%20enumeration%20of%20angiosperms%20in%20and%20around%20the%20Tampara%20Lake%20of%20Ganjam%20District,%20Odisha,%20India.pdf> >>> >>> - Plant Archives Vol. 25, No. 1, 2025 pp. 2041-2046 >>> - Rajasthan :: Kumar, Naveen & Solanki, Yogita & Meena, Archana & >>> Kotia, Amit. (2025). CHECK LIST OF FLOWERING PLANTS OF NAHARGARH >>> WILDLIFE SANCTUARY JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389676709> 37. 135-155. >>> >>> *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the >>> state >>> ~~~~~ Created on: 12:23 16-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:56 18-07-2025 >>> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Names compiled / updated at >>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/ruellia-prostrata-poir.html >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6a435d3c-9c7f-40e3-abc5-c953a2f3a671n%40googlegroups.com.
